Dr. Brownson

WRIT 101 – Fall 2009

**ALL READING ASSIGNMENTS ARE TO BE PREPARED FOR DAY ASSIGNED
**All dates and assignments subject to change.
Week 1 August 25 Course Introduction
  August 27 Diagnostic Writing

(Fri, 8/29, is the last day to add or drop a course)

Week 2 September 1 PH, 1-23

PH, Writing/English Rubric

Grading Exercise

Discuss Summary Assignment

  September 3 WRAC, 3-22 (Summary)

"Correct Use of Borrowed Information," PH

PH, 378-403, Borrowing Information

WRAC, 34-49 (Paraphrase and Quotation)

Week 3 September 8 WRAC, 76-98 (Intros, Theses, Conclusions)

WRAC, National Sleep Foundation, 521

(Last day to elect or change S/U option with no effect on maximum of 4 allowed)

  September 10 SUMMARY DUE

WRAC, 50-75 (Critique)

Assign Critique

Week 4 September 15 WRAC, Farrell, 431

Jackson, 438

  September 17 WRAC, Green and Smith, 443

Francavaglia, 444

Week 5 September 22 PEER REVIEW

WRAC, Simon, 488

  September 24 CRITIQUE DUE

WRAC, 99-145 (Explanatory Synthesis)

Week 6 September 29 LIBRARY CLASS – MEET IN DACUS LIBRARY CLASSROOM
  October 2 WRAC, Variants, 590-621

PH, 334-377 (Finding Sources)

Week 7 October 6 WRAC, Thompson, 586

Cullen, 622

Rossner, 640

  October 8 WRAC, Bettelheim, 627

Williams, 635

Panntaja, 644

Week 8 October 13 IN-CLASS WRITING – EXPLANATORY SYNTHESIS
  October 15 WRAC, 146-189 (Argumentative Synthesis)

PH, 30-43, (Argumentative Writing)

Assign Argumentative Synthesis

Week 9 October 20 FALL BREAK – NO CLASS
  October 21 Advising begins
  October 22 WRAC, Asch, 351

Milgram, 358

  October 23 LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM A COURSE WITH AN AUTOMATIC "N."

LAST DAY TO RESCIND S/U OPTION. WILL COUNT TOWARD MAXIMUM OF 4 ALLOWED.

Week 10 October 27 WRAC, Zimbardo, 389

Fromm, 402

  October 29 WRAC, Baumrind, 371

Parker, 378

Week 11 November 3 ROUGH DRAFT CONFERENCES – NO CLASS
  November 4 Early registration begins
  November 5 ROUGH DRAFT CONFERENCES – NO CLASS
Week 12 November 10 PEER REVIEW

WRAC, Lopach and Luckowski, 407

  November 12 ARGUMENTATIVE SYNTHESIS DUE

WRAC, 190-209 (Analysis)

Week 13 November 17 WRAC, Fowles, 657

Bovée et al., 675

  November 19 WRAC, Cohen, 681

Bovée and Arens, 685

Week 14 November 24 WRAC, Advertising Portfolio, 691-746
  November 26 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY – NO CLASS
Week 15 December 1 PEER REVIEW
  December 3 ANALYSIS DUE

Course Evaluations

Discuss Final

  December 8 Study Day
Final Exam Friday

December 11

8:00-10:30 AM